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10-20-2009, 05:08 PM | #1921 (permalink) | |
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I've read all his books (or will have once I'm done with his latest), most of them more than once .. In other words, I'm a dedicated fan.
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10-21-2009, 03:08 AM | #1923 (permalink) | |
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Although all Discworld books except the two first stand well on their own, events in one book do carry over in the next. Different books are about different people and Night Watch is, of course, about the City Watch with the main character being commander Samuel Vimes. As such, it may be a more rewarding read to if you start earlier in the City Watch chronology before you tackle Night Watch which is fairly late, Thud! being the only watch book after it.
So, if you want, you can just read Night Watch - or - you could start with Guards! Guards! or Men at Arms and read your way up to it which will be more rewarding, but of course you'd have to get your hands on the books.
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10-21-2009, 10:44 AM | #1924 (permalink) | |
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10-23-2009, 10:52 PM | #1925 (permalink) |
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Kurt Vonnegut - Deadeye Dick
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10-23-2009, 11:19 PM | #1926 (permalink) |
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My personal favourite Vonnegut book. It was the only one my dad didn't donate to charity, yes I use to have almost every Vonnegut book he ever wrote, almost all original prints and my dad donated them to charity without even asking me.
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10-24-2009, 02:01 AM | #1927 (permalink) |
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How rude. This is my second of his. I plan to read more.
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